Virtual reality promises to change the world of surgical training and practice. Just as flight simulators revolutionized pilot training, human simulators will become the medical classrooms of the future. Surgeons will be able to train on simulated human models, perfecting their techniques without even entering an operating room. Recent advances in computer technology have placed these exciting ...

Surgical training is changing: one hundred years of tradition is being challenged by legal and ethical concerns for patient safety, work hours restrictions, the cost of operating room time, and complications. Surgical simulation and skills training offers an opportunity to teach and practice advanced skills outside of the operating room environment before attempting them on living patients. Sim...

O ver the years, a fair amount of research on pregnancy and postgraduate medical training has been completed. A simple PubMed search on this topic generates hundreds of hits, and yet we are not done examining this very important topic. In this issue of the Canad ian Journal of Surgery, Merchant and colleagues address this topic again. They discuss pregnancy as a potential cause for lack of inte...

Introduction: E-mentoring uses electronic communications to build and maintain a mentoring relationship. A previous study found E-mentoring to be beneficial to surgical trainees when delivered by a single E-mentor. This study aimed to see if these benefits persisted within a larger network of surgical E-mentors. Methods: Surgical ST1 to ST3 trainees (E-mentees) and E-mentors were recruited in 2...

he pre th T study by McDonald and colleagues confirms vious reports in Australia and elsewhere that ere is a significant difference between the number of trainees who are undertaking some of their surgical training part-time and those who would be interested in doing so.1 It cannot be denied that doctors entering a career in surgery are now seeking a more balanced lifestyle. Generational change...

we present a case of infantile intussusception treated successfully using hydrostatic reduction, highlighting the importance of non-surgical techniques as the first line of management for this entity. physicians should strive for mastery over such techniques by extensive training to prevent unwanted surgical procedures in such cases.

The General Surgical Training Programmes worldwide are designed to ensure that the advanced surgical trainee in surgery achieves competency in knowledge, skill and attitude, both operative and non-operative in a wide range of common surgical conditions, enabling the trainee to practice competently as a surgeon. Therefore, the goal of the surgical training is to train broad-based, highly qualifi...